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Continued from Enlivened by the Underground… (Note: My camera became terminally ill at the beginning of my stay in Barcelona. Thus, my photos of the city and my experiences are uncharacteristically sparse.) Barcelona. Barcelona. Barcelona. She is ruthless. She is fiery. She is an enchantress that has both charmed me and ravaged me. Her perfumes [...]

A new site has me exicted about more affordable travel throughout the U.S. Gadling.com reported the launch of BusJunction.com: This convenient site offers easy to use booking tools for 12 different bus lines (Megabus, Bolt, Vamoose, DC2NY, Greyhound, Trailways, Peter Pan, Lakefront, Fung Wah, Lucky Star, Eastern Travel and New Century). The site tells you [...]

The leading pastor at a Christian Church I attended while I was living in Columbia, MO recently posted the following passage from C.S. Lewis’ The Problem of Pain on the Crossing Blog. The excerpt resonated with me, so I thought I would share it here too: “There have been times when I think we do [...]

Here’s another update from Mary about Edwin. Again, he’s the little boy who is one of several that benefited from the more than $1,000 raised by my friends, my family and myself. Edwin recently received heart surgery in Honduras and a portion of our donation helped provide his lodging and transportation. Edwin is doing great. [...]

This is a touching story sent to me through email a few years ago. I just ran across a copy of it that I had printed out and I figured I would go ahead and post it here: A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist complimented the Mexican fisherman on the [...]

These guys sound like me! Check out the intro to the first blog post of Life Nomadic: The border agent was very suspicious of me. “Where’s your luggage?” “I don’t have any.” “Do you have a return ticket?” “No, but I have a ticket to Panama for next week.” “Where do you live?” This never [...]

The wonderful world of Couchsurfing.com has recently been featured on the NYTimes.com blog Frugal Traveler. The blog post accurately portrays how Couchsurfing members look for more than just a free couch. The community, which has recently passed the million member mark, also demonstrates how “There’s more to love out there than to fear.” New York [...]

There are immigrant youth that have been living in the U.S. since they were toddlers. And, even though they are tax-paying, law-abiding residents they will have no options for a future in the U.S. once they’ve completed their studies. The Dream Act would change that: “The Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (also [...]

Criminal Justice blogger Michael Santos with Change.org raises an excellent point about the current prison system in the U.S.: “Prison Time Doesn’t Equal Justice.” It’s time more people start thinking about the issues he raises and become involved in transforming the system into one of rehabilitation not profiteering. Read his article below: In his message, [...]

Get a glimpse of what it’s like to be homeless during the “economic crisis.” Read the article and watch the video from Change.org below: You’ve seen him before: the homeless guy at the highway off-ramp holding a cardboard sign, panhandling. As he walks down the row of cars, you avoid eye contact at all costs [...]